Hair-dressing device.



W. NOWAGKE & M. P. LOESSER.

HAIR. DRESSING DEVICE. APPLICATION Hum snp'r. 22, 1908.-

91 9 ,933 Patented Apr. 27, 1909.

WITNESSES. INVENTORS I 1M: NORRIS PETERS co., wnsmmrmn, n. c

STATES PATENT onnrcn.

WALLACE NOWAGKE AND MAX P; LOESSER, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

rrArannnssme DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 27, 1909.

Application filed Septembe1i22, 1908. Serial No. 454,264.

.and MAX P. LoEssER, citizens of the United States, and residents-of Brooklyn, county of Kings, and State of New York, have invented Improvements in Hair-Dressing Devices, of which the following is a specification.

The hair dressing device forming the subject of this invention is of that class known as barrettes or hair brooches, consisting of a body portion, generally oblong or elongated, and a pin or tongue hinged at one end of the body and held in locked position by a hook at the other end of the body.

The essential feature of ourpresent invention involves the elimination of the tongue holding hook from the end of the body'and substituting therefor a catch located at or near the central portion of the body so constructed as to securely hold the tongue, which is specially formed, when the tongue is pressed toward the rear of the back or against a bunch of hair lying against the back. The said body is resilient and capable of being longitudinally flexed; it is preferably normally curved, and when further bent upon pressure applied to its ends the tongue is caused to leave the catch and so free the device from the hair lying between the back of the body and the tongue; the tongue may also be curved and is preferably formed with a less curvature than that of the body, it being also resilient to enable it to conform to the curve of the rear of the body or to the bunch of hair resting thereagainst. To provide a reliable and eflicient grip or hold between the central art of the ton ue and the catch, projecting fi om the centra portion of the rear of the back, the tongue is longitudinally divided to form two side branches adapted to slide and snap over the head of the catch and to spring into lateral recesses formed in the sides of the catch. The u per edges of the recesses may advantageous y in some cases be inclined to reduce the grip on the side branches of the tongue allowing them to be readilyflexed to free them from the headof the catch when the body is longitudinally compressed or flexed.

The accompanying drawings illustrate an embodiment of our invention, to which reference will now be hadin more fully describing the same.

Figure 1 is a rear.view of the device show ing the tongue free from the catch,or in open position, Fig. 2 is a side elevation of Fig. 1 showing the tongue, by full lines, away from the catch and, by dotted lines, engaged therewith; Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 1, showing the tongue engaged with the catch, and Fig. 4 is a transverse sectional view of the device.

The body a or main part of the device is preferably as shown, curved in a longitudinal direction; it is resilient, that is it may be flexed to cause a change in the curvature, and it may be lain, ornamented or of any configuration desired. To its rear side is connected theholding pin or tongue I) by a pivotal connection a at one end of the body; this connection may be of any suitable ordinary character to permit the tongue to swing freely toward and away from the rear side of the'body. The locking means for the tongue projects from the rear side of the body and is located at or near the central portion thereof; it consists of a double-headed or T shaped catch e having lateral recesses formed in its sides, in which recessesthe tongue, specially formed, is adapted to engage; for t is purpose the tongue I) is split or divided thus providing a longitudinal central opening bounded laterally by the branches (1, the tongue possessing such resiliency that the branches (1 will spring apart in sliding over the head of the catch 6 to enter the recesses, as shown at Figs. 3 and 4, also that it be free to be flexed in direction toward the rear of the body.

In placing the device in position on the hairv the tongue is passed through a bunch of the hair and the body a is then pressed against the hair and toward the tongue, which action causes the branches d, d of the tongue to spring over the head of the catch (2 and into its lateral recesses, as shown at Figs. 3 and 4, the device being firmly held in place by the bunch of hair between the tongue and the rear of. the body and at the same time securely holding all loose hairs that may be placed behind the body a. In this position the curvature of the tongue approximates the curvature of the body, the said tongue having a curved form of greater radius than that of the body, see Fig. 2, in

other words, it is preferably strai hter than the body in normal condition. l/Vhen the tongue is in locked position its free end then rests against or is in close proximity to the rear of the body, this assists in releasing the tongue from the catch, when the device is to i be removed from the hair, which 1s accomplished by longitudinally compressing the device, that is applying pressure to the ends of the body and so flexing it, and at the same time flexing the tongue, which by reason of the fact that it cannot Well bend farther toward the body, its side branches d are caused to be flexed laterally and so slip out or" the recesses of the catch a. To prevent a too rigid or firm grip of the recesses on the branches d of the tongue said recesses may in some cases have their upper edges beveled or inclined as shown, atf, f, Figs. 2 and 4.

Of course it will be understood that the exact shapes shown of the parts of the device need not necessarily be adhered to in carrying out this invention.

We claim as our invention 1. Y A hair dressing device, comprising a resilient body capable of being longitudinally flexed, a resilient tongue pivoted at one end of the body extending longitudinally along the rear of the body, and a catch projecting from the central portion of the body adapted toengage with the central portion of the tongue.

2. A hair dressing device, comprising a resilient body, a divided or two branch tongue pivoted at one end to one end of the body, and a catch extending from the central portion of the rear side of the body and adapted to pass through the tongue and engage with the two branches thereof.

3. A hair dressing device, comprising a longitudinally curved resilient body, a divided or two branch tongue pivoted at one end toone end of the body, and a catch havmg a recess oneach of the opposite sides laterally located and extending from the central portion of the rear side of the body and adapted to pass through the tongue and en gage with the two branches thereof.

4. A. hair dressing device, comprising a longitudinally curved resilient body, a double-head or T shaped catch laterally arranged and extending from the central portion of the rear side of the body, and. a tongue pivoted at one end to one end of the body and having a central opening the side branches of which are laterally resilient and adapted to spring over the catch and be held by its T shaped head.

5. A hair dressing device, comprising a longitudinally curved resilient body capable of being longitudinally flexed, a resilient tongue pivoted at one end to one end of the body extending longitudinally along the rear of the body, said tongue having a longitudinal curvature of greater radius than. that of the body, and a catch projecting from the central portion of the rear side of the bod adapted to engage with the central portion of the tongue.

6. A hair dressing device, comprising a resilient body, a divided or two branch tongue pivoted at one end to one end of the body, and a catch extending from the central portion of the rear side of the body having a recess 011 each of its lateral sides with the upper edges of the recesses inclined, and ad apted to pass through the tongue and engage with the two branches thereof.

In testimony whereof, we have hereunto subscribed our names, tembe r, 1908.

WALLACE NOWACK E. MAX P. LOESSER,

\Vitnesses M. TURNER, J. C. MoKIBBIN.

this 21st day of Sep- 

